NYSE:BKU - BankUnited Stock Price, Forecast & News

BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

BankUnited declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 13th. View BankUnited's Dividend History.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.20. The financial services provider earned $223.07 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $220.60 million. BankUnited had a net margin of 21.91% and a return on equity of 10.80%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.59 EPS. View BankUnited's Earnings History.

BankUnited is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BankUnited.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for BankUnited's shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect BankUnited's stock price to reach $38.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BankUnited.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BankUnited.

Media headlines about BKU stock have trended somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BankUnited earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for BankUnited.

BankUnited saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,710,000 shares, a drop of 16.2% from the December 31st total of 2,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 504,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View BankUnited's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BankUnited include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and TCF Financial (TCF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BankUnited investors own include Bank of America (BAC), AT&T (T), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Intel (INTC), Citigroup (C), General Motors (GM), IBM (IBM), KeyCorp (KEY), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

BankUnited's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (1.70%), Strs Ohio (0.79%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.55%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.27%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.12%) and Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.12%). Company insiders that own BankUnited stock include Douglas J Pauls, Eugene F Demark, Jay D Richards, Jeffrey Starr, John N Digiacomo, Mark Bagnoli, Rajinder P Singh, Thomas M Cornish and William S Rubenstein. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BankUnited.

BKU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Empire Life Investments Inc., Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc., Advisors Capital Management LLC and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold BankUnited company stock in the last year include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards and Rajinder P Singh. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

BKU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Strs Ohio, California Public Employees Retirement System, HGK Asset Management Inc., First Financial Bank Trust Division and CENTRAL TRUST Co. Company insiders that have bought BankUnited stock in the last two years include John N Digiacomo and William S Rubenstein. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

Shares of BKU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.73.

BankUnited has a market capitalization of $3.20 billion and generates $1.43 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $313.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 on an earnings per share basis. BankUnited employs 1,790 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About BankUnited.

The official website for BankUnited is http://www.bankunited.com/.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 305-569-2000 or via email at [email protected]